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PAUL SIMON, LONE TEEN RANGER

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This last week we've been marking the 70th birthday of Paul Simon with a boffo Simon & Garfunkel hit and a big Broadway flop. To round out the observances, here's one of our SteynOnline audio specials featuring rare material from the Steyn archives. In this podcast, Mark talks to the singer-songwriter about his early days growing up in New York. Paul drives Mark round Queens and shows him his childhood home and the supermarket outside of which he first heard Elvis - and he plays Mark the first song he ever wrote. Along the way we'll hear doowop and other favorites of the young music fan, and lots of Simon's own songs, including "Homeward Bound", "The Sound Of Silence", "Kodachrome", "Loves Me Like A Rock", "Late In The Evening", "Graceland" and many more. You can listen to the podcast by clicking above - and join us for Part Two later this coming week.

from On the Town, October 16, 2011

A THEME TO A KILL

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For the first of our summer audio specials, we celebrate the work of James Bond's music man and the composer who defined the sound of spy music. John Barry died earlier this year, and we had so much response to Mark's 007 double-bill Song of the Week that he decided it would be nice to hear a bit more of the music, and also some of the stories behind it from John's friends and colleagues. So to discuss the Barry style Mark rounded up two Oscar-winning lyricists and a composer. All three were ...

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